Animal Care Technician ; BS

Overview

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform.

In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

We are seeking an Animal Care Technician I to join our Insourcing Solutions team located in Bethesda, MD
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• As the Animal Care Technician I, you will work with our research animals to ensure they are well cared for.
• Providing food and water for study animals.
• Ensuring cages are clean.
• Performing and recording daily animal health checks.
• Handling and restraining animals for injections.
• Learning and applying quality assurance standards.
• Examining new animals arriving at the site and helping them settle in.
• Learning and becoming involved in the breeding of multiple animal species.

• Six months of animal-related experience (e.g., dog walking, pet sitting, kennel attendant, vet assistant, farm hand, 4-H background, pet store worker).
• Must be successful in obtaining the ALAT (Assistant Lab Animal Technician) Certification within 1-2 years of eligibility.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.

The pay for this position is $20-22/hour USD. Salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, certifications and locations.

Schedule:

Monday through Friday 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM. Some weekend and holiday availability may be required.

Charles River Insourcing Solutions℠ can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic in sourcing of GMP, GLP and non-GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions℠ provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both GLP and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities.

Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces costs, enhances productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonuses/incentives based on performance, 401(k), paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work-life balance flexibility.

Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion,…